Feb 10, 2025
Gake no Ue no Ponyo
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It's quite confusing and altogether unsatisfying. Its premise seems really interesting and provides a view into a brother-sister dynamic during a flooding event, but the fact that Miyazaki doesn't usually rely on thought-out scripts and mostly on storyboards really led to the downfall of this movie as it resulted in a boring middle section and really bland ending. This problem is usually not so bad in many Ghibli movies as it is offset by actually interesting characters and plot but there just wasn't enough going for this movie to actually make it interesting. Animation is still really great, which apparently was mostly hand-drawn, making the
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Feb 1, 2025
Kimi no Iro
(Anime)
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For a movie about synesthesia and a band, this movie doesn't really go much into depth on either topic but uses these as a tool to explore the beauty of friendships and artistic expression. It starts off with the main character Totsuko, a somewhat clumsy girl in a Christian school becoming obsessed with the colour of her schoolmate, Kimi, and from there she tries to find out more about her, leading to her wanting to form a band with Kimi and another boy, Rui, who they just happen to meet in a bookshop. Their friendship is somewhat perplexing but the outlet of music seems to
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Aug 9, 2024
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
(Anime)
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It might be weird to say this but the reason my score wasn't higher was because there should have been more episodes or another season. There was a really great story going on but unfortunately it just went a little too quickly without any real development. Characters It tries to be something big and introduce us to many cool characters, which I think makes it similar to cowboy bebop and Gurren Lagaan. The main character is a bit simplistic, we don't get much info on what his motivations are as he just starts out as this punk kid, who might be trying to get revenge for ... 
Jul 26, 2024
Quite possibly the worst anime ending I have ever seen. I actually thought the animation and action sequences were pretty good in the first season and there was enough to keep the plot interesting. However, this second season largely ignores most of the set up of the first season and goes off on this bizarre storyline involving new characters and enemies, and ignores the dynamics of Section 9. The ending does not make any sense and really ruined the atmosphere by trying to go against expectations. I get that ghost in shell is supposed to be philosophical and touch on the problems of technology but
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